TaxAlmanac:Featured article/June 9, 2009
From TaxAlmanac
IRS Launches Tax Return Preparer Review; Recommendations to Improve Compliance Expected by Year End
IRS Launches Tax Return Preparer Review; Recommendations to Improve Compliance Expected by Year End
IR-2009-57, June 4, 2009
WASHINGTON — IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman announced today that by the end of 2009, he will propose a comprehensive set of recommendations to help the Internal Revenue Service better leverage the tax return preparer community with the twin goals of increasing taxpayer compliance and ensuring uniform and high ethical standards of conduct for tax preparers.
Some of the potential recommendations could focus on:
- A new model for the regulation of tax return preparers;
- Service and outreach for return preparers;
- Education and training of return preparers; and
- Enforcement related to return preparer misconduct.
The Commissioner will submit recommendations to the Treasury Secretary and the President by the end of the year.
“Tax return preparers help Americans with one of their biggest financial transactions each year. We must ensure that all preparers are ethical, provide good service and are qualified,” Shulman said. “At the end the day, tax preparers and the associated industry must be part of our overall game plan to strengthen the integrity of the tax system.”
